Oklahoma Republican: What Happened to Wanting Government Out of the Exam Room?

It’s can be lonely being a moderate Republican these days, especially in very conservative states. For example, Oklahoma state Rep. Doug Cox (R-Grove) has expressed that in at least some ways his party has moved so far to the right that he does not recognize it anymore. The former medical practitioner wonders why in his own party, which sees government intrusion as anathema, it has become mainstream for legislators to attempt to deny contraceptive access.

“I cannot convince my Republican colleagues that one of the best ways to eliminate abortions is to ensure access to contraception,” lamented Rep. Cox in a letter toThe Oklahoman. “A recent attempt by my fellow lawmakers to prevent Medicaid dollars from covering the ‘morning after’ pill is a case in point. Denying access to this important contraceptive is a sure way to increase legal and back-alley abortions. Moreover, such a law would discriminate against low-income women who depend on Medicaid for their health care.” He continued:

What happened to the Republican Party that felt that the government has no business being in an exam room, standing between me and my patient? Where did the party go that felt some decisions in a woman’s life should be made not by legislators and government, but rather by the women, her conscience, her doctor and her God?

I can only hope that people are smart enough to vote the rightwing Religious Rethugs out of office….but there is a scary constituency out there who keeps voting these idiots into office, in their mistaken belief that America is a theocracy and that woman are second class citizens, according to their interpretation of the bible. I will vote Democratic, and expound on why to anyone who wants to know, as long as the Rethugs wage war on women.

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